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Jewish pupils face ‘regular and hostile abuse’

Former Ofsted chief highlights the ‘extraordinary’ security measures required in Jewish faith schools as he reveals the interim findings from his review into antisemitism in education settings

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Scrap Ofsted grades to remove ‘heat’ from inspections, says heads’ leader

Ofsted focus should shift from individual schools to multi-academy trusts, says ASCL boss

ASN pupils face ‘unacceptable’ variations in support

NASUWT highlights a ‘failure to provide an adequately resourced and equitable system’ to children with additional needs in Scotland

Ambition and DfE settle over Institute of Teaching bid

DfE was previously accused of 'manifest errors' in the way it assessed bids for the £121m contract

Social care review: ‘Teachers should foster vulnerable pupils’

Children's social care independent review sets out recommendations for roles schools can play in 'care-experienced' pupils' lives

NASUWT: Support Scottish teachers facing ‘unique challenges’

Teachers should receive professional support to help them with 'increasingly complex and stressful demands', union says

Zahawi: DfE considers help for schools with ‘acute’ cost rises

It's 'reassuring' that the government is looking at 'glaringly obvious' energy costs' impact on schools but 'cast-iron guaranteed funding' is needed, say headteachers' leaders

EIS union elects first female general secretary in 175 years

Andrea Bradley was elected today to lead Scotland's largest teaching union

School uniform consultation: what you need to know

Scotland is to introduce statutory guidance on school uniform to bring down the cost and address 'equalities issues'

GCSEs 2022: Year 11 absence double pre-pandemic rate

Over half of disadvantaged students sitting GCSEs this year missed at least 10 per cent of school sessions, compared to less than a third in 2018-19

Exams 2022: Failed collections mean ‘thousands’ of exam papers could be lost

Exclusive: Issues with timed collections mean many exam officers are being forced to leave completed papers at the post office

Dame Peacock: DfE Covid ‘U-turns’ let teachers down

Exclusive: Chartered College chief plans to tell the UK Covid Public Inquiry how the government left headteachers to cope in 'isolation' and put vulnerable teachers 'at risk' during the pandemic

GCSEs 2022: Exam board warning over ‘clickbait’ grades videos

Exclusive: AQA warning over 'misleading' YouTube content that claims to predict pass marks needed to achieve grade levels

Grammar schools warming to non-selective MAT plans

Grammar schools were previously planning grammar-only MATs over fears about their selective status

Councils warned ‘clock is ticking’ over teacher pay

EIS says 2 per cent offer is 'completely inadequate' and warns it will ballot for industrial action if fair settlement not reached quickly

Authorised school absence ‘equally detrimental’ to pupils

New research challenges the assumption that unauthorised absences – or truancy – are more harmful than authorised absences to how well pupils do in school

Welsh secondaries delaying new curriculum is ‘only right’

But school leaders' union says primaries also need ‘flexibility’ because of ‘immense pressure’ they are under

Data: students from deprived backgrounds entering university

New Scottish figures reveal the rate of progress in widening access to university

Call on Ofsted to probe ‘gender equity’ in schools

Science and Technology Committee session explores how to promote uptake of science subjects among girls

Heads ‘torn’ over rising school meal costs

School leaders grapple with ensuring pupils get ‘more than one potato’ as lunch costs soar

Closing attainment gap: Somerville reluctant to set target dates

Education secretary also faces criticism over use of attainment-gap funding to compensate for local budget cuts

DfE ‘updates’ White Paper claims after criticism from stats watchdog

Statistics regulator revealed today that it had written to the DfE with concerns about the use of data supporting its academies plan

Call for national trial mocks to avoid online GCSE ‘disaster’

Professor John Jerrim has warned that a move to digital exams could be a 'logistical nightmare'

Three extra Reception pupils per class fell behind in pandemic

A new report from the Education Endowment Foundation has found that four- and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the expected levels of development in 2021 than before Covid disruption

‘Significant disparities’ in career progression for non-white teachers

The NFER find that pupils in English state schools have a 'high probability' of never being taught by a teacher who is not white